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Welcome to the FocusCFO blog – your source for company updates, industry insights and CFO blogs, and resources for small and medium-sized businesses.

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"The question we always go back to is, 'What do we keep doing, what do we need to start doing, and what do we need to stop doing,' and that has been a really effective way to run the business. Our fractional CFO is amazing at helping us guide the business in that capacity.”

Kristen Butler, CEO Ability Matters